A Bad Night, Plate 36
Medium
etching and aquatint
Dimensions
image: 18.9 × 13.2 cm · sheet: 26.3 × 20 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
Accession Number
1997.54
Tags
Latine and Hispanic Artistsmale
About this artwork
A Bad Night is from Los Caprichos (Caprices), a set of 80 prints that satirize the vices and follies of contemporary Spanish society. Goya explored the themes of superstition and sensuality, greed and violence, and immorality and deceit practiced by men and women who appear alternately as aggressors and victims. He parodied ignorance and stupidity as well as the corruption of the church and government. Goya exploited aquatint to create a dramatic contrast of light and shade through the biting an...